I Confess (1953)
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and trial for a crime he cannot reveal the truth about.
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Like Montgomery Clift in Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess, James feels that the sanctity of the confessional prohibits him from revealing what he has been told.
What follows is an existential detective story of sorts, or perhaps an Agatha Christie whodunit by way of Hitchcock’s “I Confess,” in which the priest goes about his coastal village, tending to his flock while a seven-day clock ticks quietly away in the background.
It is said to be influenced firstly by a drunken conversation between Gleeson and McDonagh but also Hitchcock’s I Confess.
No less an artist than Truman Capote ("Breakfast at Tiffany's," "In Cold Blood") cowrote the screenplay with William Archibald ("I Confess") and got additional scenes from John Mortimer ("The Running Man," "Tea With Mussolini").